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New & Coming Soon eBooksDecember 2017
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The Country of Ice Cream Star
by Sandra Newman
Enduring a nomadic existence in the aftermath of a disease that kills all humans once they reach the age of 20, 15-year-old Ice Cream Star risks her freedom and life to travel dangerous territory in search of a cure. By the author of The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done.
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Deadmen Walking
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
A first entry in a spin-off trilogy depicts the conquests of ancient dark warlord, Thorn, who returns to the world of the living as a pirate when he agrees to return the damned to hell at the same time a sea witch he once betrayed contemplates exacting revenge at the expense of humanity.
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Death of Anton
by Alan Melville
Seven Bengal tigers are the star attraction of Carey's Circus. Their trainer is the fearless Anton, whose work demands absolute fitness and the steadiest of nerves. When Anton is found lying dead in the tigers' cage, it seems that he has lost control and been mauled by the tigers - but Detective-Inspector Minto of Scotland Yard is not convinced.
Minto's investigations lead him deep into the circus world of tents and caravans, clowns and acrobats, human and animal performers. No one is above suspicion. Carey, the circus-owner with a secret to hide; Dodo, the clown whose costume is scratched as if by a claw; and Lorimer, the trapeze artist jealous of his flirtatious wife - all come under Minto's scrutiny as the mystery deepens.
This amusing and light-hearted novel from the golden age of British crime writing has long been neglected, and this new edition will help to restore Melville's reputation as an author of extremely entertaining detective fiction.
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Exposed
by Lisa Scottoline
Mary DiNunzio wants to represent her old friend Simon Pensiera, a sales rep who was wrongly fired by his company, but her partner Bennie Rosato represents the parent company. When she confronts Mary, explaining this is a conflict of interest, an epic battle of wills and legal strategy between the two ensues—ripping the law firm apart, forcing everyone to take sides and turning friend against friend.
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Future Home of the Living God
by Louise Erdrich
A tale set in a world of reversing evolution and a growing police state follows the efforts of a pregnant woman who investigates her biological family while awaiting the birth of a child who may emerge as a member of a primitive human species.
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Click here to listen the audiobook instantly on the hoopla app instead!A gripping account of the world's largest man-made explosion before the atomic bomb describes the events that led to the catastrophic igniting of the French freighter Mont-Blanc in 1917 Halifax, killing and wounding thousands while leading to advances in medicine and weapons science. By a New York Times best-selling author. 150,000 first printing.
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The Quiet Child
by John Burley
After a strange, young boy, the subject of whispers and rumors and superstitions, goes missing, every resident of Cottonwood, California, becomes a suspect. By the award-winning author of The Absence of Mercey.
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Strange Dogs
by James S. A. Corey
Like many before them, Cara and her family ventured through the gates as scientists and researchers, driven to carve out a new life and uncover the endless possibilities of the unexplored alien worlds now within reach.
But soon the soldiers followed and under this new order Cara makes a discovery that will change everything.
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Click here to read the ebook instantly on the hoopla app instead!From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of milk and honey comes a long-awaited second collection of poetry, a transcendent journey about growth and healing, ancestry and honoring one’s roots and expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself, augmented by the author's own illustrations.
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To Love & Betray
by Shelly Ellis
For Evan Murdoch, the bad news just won't stop. As he battles an attempted murder charge, he's on the verge of getting forced out of the family corporation—and fears he can't trust his new wife, Lelia. Enter savvy family matriarch Ella, whose wild-card schemes might be the answer to his prayers—or lead to disaster like he's never seen.
With Evan sidelined, his ex-playboy brother Terrence struggles to keep Murdoch Conglomerated from catastrophe by becoming the new public face for the company. But a secret he tries to hide from his fiancée could send his best intentions—and last chance at love—down in flames.
Fiery Murdoch sister, Paulette, will do anything to protect her infant son—and her secrets. But her worst nightmare is about to come true. And with their vengeful half-brother, Dante Turner, closing in on the family he despises, the Marvelous Murdochs could pay a price that could finish them once and for all . . .
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We Were Eight Years in Power : an American tragedy
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
A compelling portrait of the historic Barack Obama era, combining new and annotated essays from the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me, includes the articles, "Fear of a Black President" and "The Case for Reparations" as well as two new pieces on the Obama administration and what is coming next.
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Where the Line Bleeds
by Jesmyn Ward
Joshua and Christophe are twins, raised by a blind grandmother and a large extended family in rural Bois Sauvage, on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. They’ve just finished high school and need to find jobs, but after Katrina, it’s not easy. Joshua gets work on the docks, but Christophe’s not so lucky and starts to sell drugs. Christophe’s downward spiral is accelerated first by crack, then by the reappearance of the twins’ parents: Cille, who left for a better job, and Sandman, a dangerous addict. Sandman taunts Christophe, eventually provoking a shocking confrontation that will ultimately damn or save both twins.
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